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PLAY HERE TONIGHTRain, Hi-Toms Boat BucsThough outhitting the Thom-asville Twins 8-3 last night, Gastonia's Pirates dropped their fourth decision of the baseball season on the road,4-2. The game was called wilh the Hi-Toms baiting in the bottom of the fifth.it was the first game of a douhleheader. Tonight, the Pirates host Thomasville in a single game at 7:30 and Clyde Sykcforth's charges will be facing righthander Dick Sommer,PlaterAB nHPrLO’Ccnnnr ....................242o.175Thomas .............891.123.333Billie ............ .........245n-124Foster ..........................73822.301Robertson ..................63161R.2B6Oliver ............................741221.254C. Brown .....................6610n.107Golden __________________.....52710.192Crus .............................71813.183]Irt*r.ch .........................an25.179Predovic .....................16O1.063RUNS BATTED IN *- RoberatDn 15, Foster 10. Oliver a. Druz 9. Thomas fl, Billie 5. Branch 5, O'Connor 4, Gulden 3, C, Brown 3. Prednvic 1. Knutson 1, McKinley 1.DOUBLES — Oliver 4, C. Brawn 3, Koberston 2. Cruz 2, Foster 2, Branch, l. O'Connor I, Knutson 1, Merslnjrcr l.TRIFLES — Oliver 0. Thomas 2. Robertson 1, Gnltlen 1. Faster }.Tisane 1.HOMERS — Eol»rsl.i;ii 5, Foster 2. O'Connor 1. Thomas l. McKinley J’ STOLEN BASES — Thomas 11. Foster 4. Cruz 4. O'Connor 2, Billie i, Branch 1, Oliver 1. C. Brown 1.PITCHING Pitcher W l Bh soClem ............ .. 4 0 9 37Meranger ---------------- I 0 5 12McKinley ..................10 3 8Queen ........................lossPennington I 0 ^PorwrfJeJd ________2 1 8 13Lamb ......................... 2 17 9Tisone ------------------------- 2 1 is is7?. Siwa --------_......... 114 8Knutson ................... 0 0 7 4Knuckles ... .............0 0 4 4Nauman ......._.............. 0 0 0 8Mcrgler .....................0 0 6 sSw*n ................................0 0 3 7who sports a 3-0 record and a microscopic earned run average.Thomasyille Ls just two and a half games behind the Bucs in third place. Salisbury, currently a hot team, lex?, is just two games behind after beating Greenville 5-2.In the only other game played, Shelby basted poor Rock Hill 8-S.Ray Porterfield lost his first decision in three starts last night, toe Twins striking for a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning.John Livingston walked, stole second, and came home when shortstop Pablo Cruz threw Jim Glover’s grounder away at first, Glover taking second.He advanced to third nn an inlie!d out and scored on a double by Tom Videtich, the bali getting by rigiilficldnr Roy Paster, who at Lem pled a shoestring ealch. Videtich went to third on an out and scored on Porterfield's balk.Ray left with arm trouble in the second, giving way to Ricky Swan, who surrendered the other Hi-Tom run in the last nf the fifth.A bright spot for Gastonia was Ihird baseman Bob Robertson's fifth home run, a shot over the scoreboard in left-center leading off the fourth.Gastonia threatened in every inning against Bryan Wilhelm but two Twin doubleplays helped ease the situation.The Bucs scored in the fifth when Stan Thomas had an infield hit and advanced to third when Conard Brown laced a single on a hit-and-run play. Harry Billie, well ovur the .300 mark in batting, stroked a single to left field scoringThomas.Salisbury scored three runs Ln the ninth on the wiJdness of Greenville relief pilchers in its5-2 win. Jim Ursiilo and Steve Silverman gave up four walks, combined wilh a wild pitch and a passed ball for the runs.The G-Pirates, after tonight, travel to Lexington Thursday before returning here against that team Friday.Buc BoxGASTONIAABRBIIIThomas, cf ................3I2UBrown, If ................-l)L0Billie, lb ..................-... 3011Roberts tin, 3b ............... 211.1Foxier, rf ......................... 301\]Golden. 2b ..................... 2ftL0Brunch, C ....................... 2V1‘uCruz, sa .....................0ilt;JEwan, p ........................... 100uPorierfield. p .........0i)uTotals ......................21282THOMASVll.LEABRIIIIILivingston, ci ..........\00onivcr. «r ..................1lt;0X—Ashcraft ..............100Vldctlcli. r .............1I1Alexander. If ................ 301)I)Dooley, lb .........—..... 0o1)uBeckncr. 3b ..............a00uFree, 2b --------------..._ 2u21Wilhelm, p .................- 2u00Totals .................... 17432X—Awarded first on catcher's Interference Score bj Inning*:_ TGASTONIA ........................ 000 11—2THOMASVILLE .................... 3QO 01—4E Wilhelm. AU»*huiJbi\ Crus,Branch. PO*A — QastODlft 14-8; ThomasvlUe 35-4. 1.OB—Gasl.onla 6; Thomasville 6, ?B—Videtich. 3.D— Foster. Hit—Robertson. su—LlYing-s ton. DP — Thoniosvmc 2: lt;5«*a-ntcher ; »P H R Er Bb SoVorterlield .... 1\% 2 3 1 3 1Swan ............... 3^3 1115 2Wilhelm ......- 5 8 2 2 3 6Winner—Wilhelm lyLoser—Potcrfteld PJHBP—Brown (By Wilhelm). U— 2-Shlves and Voss. T—1 :40. A—622. blt;i Cl 21 p. i’/miv
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The Gastonia Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Wed, May 12, 1965
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